Morning journal and courier., 1887-02-17
TRYING TO RUSH BUSINESS.

mittee Hear1nEs-The Military Bill
 -DOfngs Of the House and Senate
 -TO-Day's Committee Hearings-
 The Weekly Payment and Fac-
 tOrizInE Hills.
 HARTFORD, Feb. 16. Special to the JOURNAL COURIER:
 The judiciary committee held protraetsd hearing this afternoon on the bill creating criminal side of the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven, which was largely attended, principally by the adherents of the biIl The shades of evening were envsloping Capitol hill whom the committee adjourned and New Haven's many lawyers made a rush for their New Haven train.
 Assistant Judge Rufus s. Pickett, of the New Haven City court, was the first to advo- cate the bill before the committed He spoke strongly and to the point. Judge Pickett said the City court was being belittled. There should be monthly term of court as pro- vided in the bill, which would give facilities for trying criminal cases in g cheaper man. ner than by the Superior court or any other | machinery already provided. What we ask for is that the Court of Common Pleas already established may have criminal side, | judge at moderate salary and prosecut- | ing attorney. A large number of cases that ape trial is because there are not facilities | for being heard. Witnesses disappear and ! the case has to be nolled by the States at torney. States Attorney Doolittle appeared on invitation of the committee to give his views on the bill. He gave them in very clear and concise manner and narrated many facts bearing on the matter. In his opinion more facilities were needed. Following MT. Doolittle were large coterie of the members of the New Haven bar, who spoke in favor of the bill. They were: c. K. Bush, ex-City Clerk o. W. Willett, Hobart L. Hotchkiss, Prosecuting Attorney Hugh Daley. John H. Whiting, Franklin J. Hart, Judge Studley, I ex-Judge William B. Stoddard, Judge Lucius P. Deming, John s. Fowler, Henry G. New ton, Prof. Francis Wayland. James 1 Bishop and Attorney Linsley. Truly a brilliant array of talent. ! The only one opposed was William s. Par ! dee. He wanted an extra judge appointed to the Superior court bench by the Governor. An appointment by that dignitary, said Att torney Pardee, far surpassed any that would ! be appointed by the legislature. Judge Deming said he was heartily in favor of the ! bill. It is the only way to rid ourselves of | the evils now prevailing. Another hearing | will be had at a near date.
 I The bill to change the brigade organiza- | tion of the National Guard and to unite the | quartermaster generals department with the | adjutant generals came up for a hearing be- | fore the committeS on military affairs this ! afternoon. The bill was introduced by Cap \ tain Williams and he was heard in support of it to-day. Others heard ! were Adiutant General Camp, Major Bur ! dett, Colonel Morgan and ex-Quartermaster l General Goodrich. Some of the above fla ! vored parts of the bill. It is conceded there are few good points in it, but it is probable they cannot easily be selected from the ques- | tionable points.
 An interesting hearing took place this af- ternoon before the committee on humane in- stitutions. The most interesting part of the hearing was on the bill regulating baby | farms. Attorney Hobart L. Hotchkiss, ot
 New Haven, appeared before the committed and spoke some very harsh words of Dr. C. ! B. Adams of New Haven, who he claimed
 is prosecuting the keepers of baby farms. A
 bill also came before the committee in rela | tien to the matter of preventing children in
 mates of houses from being sent out of the ! State. Mrs. Smith made a strong plea ! against the bill. Attorney Burton, of Hart | ford, favored the bill.
 House joint resolution 159, appropriatine
 $500 for grading grounds, &c., about Nathan
 Hale monument, was the first matter oonsid ! cred by the appropriation committee thi' \ afternoon. After much discussion on 1t l ! was voted by the committee that the resolu
 tion be referred to the Secretary of State, as ! it was of the opinion that the matter cam' I under his jurisdiction. It is expected how
 ever, that it will be referred back again. 4
 resolution to pay the committee on revision | of laws necessitated by biennial sessions | Civ ! members of the commission were present tC | advocate their wants. It is learned that there ! is 8 division of opinion concerning the
 amount of the remuneration among the gen ! tlemen serving on the commission. A few wan
 $500 for their work on the revision, while
 others say they would be perfectly satisfied | with $250 for the job. The hearing on the
 matter was postponed. The committed | granted the resolution paying expenses o1
 delegates to the prison congress. The amount | is about $160. The finance committee consid
 cred House bill 109. that one-half of tht
 license money shall be paid into the State | treasury. The committee room was crowded with persons in opposition to the
 bill, among whom was Prosecuting
 Attorney Hugh Daley, of New Haven. I'm ! committee after discussion decided to refe | the bill to the temperance committee. Tn bill authorizing Groton to issue bonds vii
 be favorably decided on by the committe
 they having today decided 80. Tn 1 following assignments were made by tn | committee this afternoon after the hearing
 adjourned: Wednesday March 2d, bill con I corning appointment of tax commissioners ! March 3d, bill fixing certain grades of COT l | porate franchise also bill concerning fran } chise tax on corporations; March 9, bil l ! amending laws as to railroad taxation; Marc } 1O bill implying collateral inheritance tax March Is: bill concerning taxation.
 The last hearing before the labor commit \ taa the hills relating to week. 5 payments and the repeal of tn ) factorizing law took place thi ! afternoon. There were many manufacturers \ merchants and interested parties present ! The hearing did not adjourn until 5:3 . | o'clock, having been the longest single ses sion of any committees since the committee I organized. Among those who opposed tn
 weekly payment bills, of which there wer several, all being nearly identical, was tn l Hon. Henry c. Robinson, who gave it as hi opinion that the bill should not be passed , | He suggested an amendment which woul
 make it more acceptable, and which seemed to meet the committee's approval. It is tha | weekly payments be granted by the reques , ! of any part of the employees.
 Others opposing the bills were Knife Make Clark M. Moore of Winsted, J. B. Wood worth, Charles Alfred, MT. Carson of Tol 7 ! rington, MT. Workman, Joseph Norton C I Winsted MT. Alliss of Southington, A. N ! Wright, A. H. Walker, D. E. Lowell. Thos . who favored the bill were P. Smith of Ne, 7 ! Britain, MT. Kehoe of New Britain, Mi l SkelIy of Woodbury, 0. E. Brennan of liar 9 ford, Messrs. Cahill and O. Jones of Ne Britain. Senator Bates previous to the clos of the hearing announced that the committe
 had given 8 reasonable opportunity for 8 r interested parties and the hearing on Il bills would close. Owing to the labor ell | ment on the committee it will undoubtedl | \ report favorably on repeating the factorizil law. A weekly payment bill of some so U | will also be recommended.
 LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
 George Morse, of Woodstock, was to-ds ss | nominated for county commissioner by Wi is dom county caucussers.
 The committee assignments for to-morro le (Tkursday) are: Labor, bill for inspectic ,e of public works and factory inspection; mi h ! tary affairs, resolution authorizing Secor
 regiment trip to Washington; railroads, b
 fixing railroad fares; temperance, bill in T
 tion to selling to minors and b
 prohibiting sale of liquor to be drar ,n on the premises; hearing of charg